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Museums within museums in scenic Dnipro town

Locals claim the historic town of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky is home to 25 museums. The truth is the whole place is a museum. Babushkas in flowing skirts …
Joseph Quinn Martin

Documentary unearths Ukraine's darkest memories

blic or European country. A new documentary produced by Andrew Gregorovich aims to change that. Gregorovich is the executive director of the …
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Chaika Festival changes its tune, venue

Although the larger-than-expected turnout at the first Chaika International Youth Festival may have impressed organizers, the logistics and security …
Dana Liss

Empire’s Sunday special urges you to eat and swim

Any promoter worth his salt will tell you that it’s easier to sell something if you give the customer something else for free. Selling a computer? …
Greg Bloom

Go south, young man

nother weekend. The heat is driving you crazy. You realize that summer will soon be over and you still haven’t been on holiday. To say you’re …
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The Kazantip techno-rave festival kicked off Aug.1

The popular Kazantip techno-rave festival kicked off Aug. 1 and runs through Aug. 20 in its latest reincarnation – in the small resort town of …
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Privatizer goes public

Name: Christopher Staudt. Hometown: Bad Kreuznach, Germany. Time in Kyiv: 3 1/2 years. What he is doing in Kyiv: Project manager for a German …
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Serving up graft – a street-side symbiotic relationship

permeates every level of society, but it is perhaps most visible – and most odious -when it involves beat cops tormenting babushkas in the underground …
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What is Kyiv's best tourist attraction?

Call it funny or call it sad – in the end it was just plain predictable that our readers would vote Kyiv’s women as the capital’s greatest tourist …
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Hot wax, cold feet

llicle is not my idea of pampering. But I was on a mission. I wanted to find out why women, Eastern Europeans particularly, resort to this painful and …
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Adventurers peddle eco-awareness in Carpathians

– with its steep mountains, salt water lake and multicolored rocky shores – contains some of the nation’s richest ecological treasures. And at least …
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Hot wax, cold feet

llicle is not my idea of pampering. But I was on a mission. I wanted to find out why women, Eastern Europeans particularly, resort to this painful and …
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Curator took on Venice, takes on system

politicized arts scene requires a good deal of imagination. Just ask Yury Onuch, director of Kyiv’s Center for Contemporary Arts. In March, Onuch was …
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How to cure a hangover

Most people drink because it makes them feel good – until the next day, that is. Those run-of-the-mill hangovers can usually be cured with a couple of …
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Perth pleasure-seeker

Name: Candy McLeod. Hometown: Perth, Australia. Time in Kyiv: Three years in October. What she is doing in Kyiv: Working for the British Council’s …
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It's a dog-eat-dog world: essays on strays

Last week, Steven Shaklan and Evgenia Mussuri debated Kyiv’s stray-dog dilemma. Steven thinks strays should be humanely, yet swiftly, put down while …
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Best fabric store: Fabrics on khreshchatyk

The Best Of team has always been a thrifty, industrious and creative bunch. So when it comes to making our own threads, we have no problem whipping up …
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Music fans look for Alibi

Friday 3 PARTY/DJ Parade at UNI Oasis. The best DJs from Kyiv, Moscow and St. Petersburg spin. 6 p.m. Tickets Hr 15 for men, Hr 5 for …
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